Peggy Fikac

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign to unseat Gov. Rick Perry is taking aim at the tradition of ceremonial bill signings, which the GOP gubernatorial incumbent didn’t invent but which he pursues most enthusiastically. Texans for Kay called on Perry to reimburse taxpayers for the unnecessary signings and released a letter to television stations urging […]
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Abortion is a big issue for GOP primary voters, and Gov. Rick Perry has staked out his claim early and often to the “pro-life” label U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison supports allowing women to make a choice about abortion until the unborn child is viable outside the womb. But she also supports states’ ability to […]
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Gov. Rick Perry seemed to quite enjoy himself at a Texas Capitol news conference today as he painted GOP primary foe Kay Bailey Hutchison as out of touch with Texas. The U.S. senator has been traveling the state slamming Perry for “trying to stay too long” as a governor who hasn’t lifted the state where […]
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As one caller just asked me, what the heck’s going on at the Texas Supreme Court? On the heels of Justice Harriet O’Neill’s announcement that she won’t run for re-electino, Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister today said he’s out the door effective Labor Day. Brister initially was appointed to the court by Gov. Rick […]
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There may be a bigger spotlight than ever next session on the billions of dollars in fees that are collected for a dedicated purpose but remain unspent and so can be used to balance the budget. Our latest story about it fueled some skirmishing over Gov. Rick Perry’s trumpeting of his record as a fiscal […]
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Tom Schieffer warmed up a crowd of Austin Democrats by telling a story about how he misplaced his tuxedo (when he was ambassador to Australia under then-President George W. Bush). Schieffer, whose ties to Bush have caused Democrats some heartburn (for reasons my colleague R.G. Ratcliffe outlined in June), talked about his admiration for past […]
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The bill for Gov. Rick Perry’s upcoming trip to Israel (which we noted earlier) will be footed by the Doheny Global Group, an energy development firm, according to Perry’s office. Doheny Global Group joined in 2008 with the firm that paid for Perry’s 2007 Middle Eastern trip, Global Capital Associates. Irwin Katsof, who founded Global […]
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Apparently it’s time to begin the debate over debates, that time-honored campaign ritual that starts when one candidate seizes the chance to accept a debate offer and challenge the opposition to do the same. Gov. Rick Perry seized the moment by accepting “invitations to the first two debates of the gubernatorial campaign,” which he said […]
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Non-citizens who are legally in the country and are seeking driver licenses will have to wait until late September to see whether a federal court will step in to at least temporarily halt tighter rules. Civil rights groups sued in state and federal court over the rules, which were touted last year as a crackdown […]
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